FIRST PANDA CUB BORN IN FRANCE GETS NAME, BLESSING

FIRST PANDA CUB BORN IN FRANCE GETS NAME, BLESSING. Brigitte Macron (4th L), wife of French
President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui (1st R), Former French Prime
Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin (2nd R) and Chinese Ambassador to France Zhai Jun (1st L, Rear) pose
for photos during a naming ceremony of a panda baby in Saint-Aignan, France, on Dec 4, 2017.
Brigitte, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, named the panda baby, the first-ever cub born in
the country, at a naming ceremony at a zoo in central France on Monday. Joined by Chinese officials,
Brigitte, who is also the new panda's godmother, announced that the four-month-old cub's name was
Yuan Meng. Photo courtesy Xinhua